DOROTHY HOUSE TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£829
-70.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15k
0% vs 2025
Employees
4
-20% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£134k
+17.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £315,382 | £366,070 | £432,837 | +18.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £113,999 | £133,905 | +17.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £91,542 | £113,999 | £133,905 | +17.5% | |
| Net profit | £91,542 | £113,999 | £133,905 | +17.5% | |
| Cash | £1,507 | £2,777 | £829 | -70.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,791 | £14,791 | £14,792 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £14,791 | £14,791 | £14,791 | 0% | |
| Equity | £14,791 | £14,791 | £14,791 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 4 | -20% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 31.1% | 30.9% | |
| Net margin | 29.0% | 31.1% | 30.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 770.7% | 905.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.8% | 88.9% | 92.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.12x | 1.08x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DOROTHY HOUSE TRADING LIMITED 2007-07-31 → present
- MINSTERDEAL LIMITED 1988-05-18 → 2007-07-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that there are no material uncertainties about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Under all the scenarios reviewed, the company has sufficient reserves to enable it to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE JAEGER, Anthony | Secretary | 2015-01-21 | — | — |
| DE JAEGER, Anthony Ignace Joseph Marie | Director | 2015-01-21 | May 1964 | British |
| NEWBOUND, Jonathan James | Director | 2019-07-16 | May 1985 | British |
| NICHOLS, Charity Mae | Director | 2023-06-27 | May 1970 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENNARD, Peter George | Secretary | 2005-08-11 | 2014-08-29 |
| MEARS, Terence Frederick | Secretary | — | 1997-02-21 |
| WHITFIELD, Sarah Ann | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| WILSON, Roy Walton | Secretary | 1997-02-21 | 2004-09-30 |
| WYATT, Ann | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2015-01-21 |
| CAVALIERO, David Marcus | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-17 |
| CHAMBERS, Catherine Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2018-09-28 |
| CHAMBERS, Catherine Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| COX, Arthur Thomas | Director | — | 2000-01-25 |
| DAVIS, Christine Susan | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| FARRAR, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 1995-11-21 | 2006-05-01 |
| LACEY, Muriel Pauline Olive | Director | — | 1995-09-26 |
| LAFFERTY, Ian Carlyle | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2026-02-09 |
| LENNARD, Peter George | Director | 2005-09-27 | 2014-08-29 |
| MCMASTER, Alfred John | Director | 1994-01-18 | 1997-04-08 |
| MEARS, Terence Frederick | Director | — | 2009-07-09 |
| REITER, Sheila | Director | 2003-12-05 | 2012-09-25 |
| ROBINSON, Penelope Ann | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2014-06-24 |
| WELLER, Irene Vera | Director | — | 1995-09-26 |
| WILSON, Roy Walton | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| WYATT, Ann | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy House | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-12-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.